{"id":14626,"date":"2022-02-04T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T06:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=14626"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T06:55:50","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-feb-4-2022-day-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-feb-4-2022-day-228\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Feb 4, 2022; Day 228"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boycott&nbsp;<\/td><td>refuse to do business with<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lone&nbsp;<\/td><td>Being the only one<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Regrettable&nbsp;<\/td><td>that you should feel sorry or sad about<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stand-off&nbsp;<\/td><td>a situation in which an agreement is not possible and neither side can win or get an advantage<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Calculus&nbsp;<\/td><td>the mathematical study of continually changing values<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Denounce&nbsp;<\/td><td>Announce the termination of, as of treaties<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albeit&nbsp;<\/td><td>Even though<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Burnish&nbsp;<\/td><td>Polish and make shiny<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Laudable&nbsp;<\/td><td>Worthy of high praise<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>On and off&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not regularly<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/rbi-grade-b\/?refcode=3580&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Feb+4%2C+2022%3B+Day+228_040222_RBIGBM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=RBIGBM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test\" class=\"wp-image-13480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter is here: On India\u2019s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The games in China have taken on political significance, domestically and globally<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the eve of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Friday, India announced a diplomatic <strong>boycott (refuse to do business with) <\/strong>of the games. The MEA said no Indian official will be present at the opening or closing ceremonies of the games, which run from February 4 to 20. The decision for an official boycott of the games \u2014 a <strong>lone (Being the only one) <\/strong>Indian athlete who qualified, skier Arif Khan, will still take part in both the games and in the opening ceremony along with support staff \u2014 followed China\u2019s move this week to choose a PLA commander as one of the participants of the traditional torch relay. The commander was involved in the June 15, 2020 clash in Galwan Valley. He was subsequently given military honours by Beijing. The MEA said the commander\u2019s participation in the torch relay was \u201c<strong>regrettable (that you should feel sorry or sad about)<\/strong>\u201d. Until this week, New Delhi was considering having its top diplomat in Beijing attend the games. Only in November, India joined Russia in expressing support for the games, following a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China. If India, dealing with its own long list of problems with China and a continuing <strong>stand-off (a situation in which an agreement is not possible and neither side can win or get an advantage)<\/strong> along the Line of Actual Control, had initially planned to not involve itself in the politics surrounding the games, Beijing\u2019s torch relay changed that <strong>calculus (the mathematical study of continually changing values)<\/strong>. The broader context of the selection of the PLA commander is an on-going campaign by China to publicise Galwan and highlight the \u201cbravery\u201d of PLA troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s statement of support for the games in November had come amid the U.S. and its allies announcing a diplomatic boycott because of rights violations in Xinjiang, where minority Uighurs have been sent to \u201creeducation\u201d camps. China first denied the existence of the camps, but later said they were for \u201cvocational training\u201d. China <strong>denounced (Announce the termination of, as of treaties) <\/strong>the diplomatic boycott by around a dozen countries \u2014 which India has now joined <strong>albeit (Even though) <\/strong>for different reasons \u2014 as \u201cpoliticising\u201d the games. It is another matter that Olympic Games, through history, have been inherently political events. For host nations, holding a successful games carries the promise of <strong>burnishing (Polish and make shiny) <\/strong>the legitimacy of the government of the day. The games within China have certainly taken on particular political significance domestically, in the context of the country\u2019s battle against COVID-19. Last month, President Xi Jinping noted that the 2022 Olympics would be \u201cthe first international multi-sport event to be held as scheduled since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic\u201d. The underlying message is that the successful holding of the games amid the pandemic is another example of the superiority of the Chinese political model, which has been highlighted as a sharp contrast especially with how the U.S. handled the pandemic. Last year, the IOA added the word \u201ctogether\u201d to the official Olympic motto of \u201cfaster, higher, stronger\u201d. If that is certainly a <strong>laudable <\/strong>aspiration, it is clear that as far as the Olympics are concerned, the politics is never far away. That will certainly be the case in Beijing as the latest games, both<strong> on and off (Not regularly)<\/strong> the ski slopes, begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/rbi-grade-b\/?refcode=3580&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Feb+4%2C+2022%3B+Day+228_040222_RBIGBM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=RBIGBM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test\" class=\"wp-image-13480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve Your vocabulary with the help of these editorial-analyses which we publish on a daily basis. 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